I am really P/O'ed!

[8rad]

I am sorry but I just have to vent and I know some of you will understand.

I put up an thread in the local RC forums looking for vintage ESC's and I got a hit. Guy replies "I got two Novaks you can have for $10". I replied "Cool. I will buy them. Do you by chance have any modified motors too?". So we arrange to meet at a local race and in a hurry to get out the door he forgets the esc's in his second car. OK. Cool. No problem. We agree that he will let me know when is a good time for me to go to his house(because we live close together) to pick them up. He also hands me 2 beat up stock motors and says "You can have these for nothing". I was thinking this was not what I was looking for but I appreciated the gesture none the less so I took them and thanked him.

So life gets busy and I put it in the back of my mind and two weeks later I get this message.

"I guess you changed your mind about the esc's. I have not heard from you since I gave you the motors for free.
I traded the esc's.

Thanks anyway"

I could care less about not getting those esc's but now I feel like a douche bag for taking the free motors that I did not even want and not trying harder to close the deal.

Not upset about the deal falling through. Just really P/O'ed at THE WAY it fell through.

Thanks for listening.

[civilguy]

If you can take anything away from this, it's the fact that Canadians are odd.

[lpddpd]

So why not offer the guy five bucks for the motors? It gives you a chance to get back in touch and let him know you meant to follow through with the deal but forgot. Even if he says no, you get a chance to apologize or at least try to make things right. Then you at least have a clear conscience. I realize you didn't even want the motors, but making the offer helps to neutralize the situation now before it turns into something.

[Bormac]

Hi Jeremy.
I can sympathise with you there. Ever since getting back into R/C some 7-8 years ago I have bought,sold and traded plenty. You make some friends along the way (or atleast I thought I did) and I am always too happy to help friends out. Rarely do I expect a deal to go in my favour but when it does I certainly recognise it as such and am glad to know there are good people out there also wanting to help me.
Sadly I have come across a handful of real douce bags who think the world owes them something. Doubly sadly it seems most of these douce bags have been within my shores which really bites. I have been burnt plenty and have definately had enough and refuse to go any further with these scum bags.
I can honestly say that I have never traded away or given anything with any intention to 'butter someone up' but rather with the idea that one good turn deserves another firmly in mind.
I have always genuinely offered help to a fellow enthusiast to help them get a project completed or a leg up in the right direction.

People will be people. Some will appreciate your efforts while other will do their best to twist a given situation to serve their own purposes.

[Coelacanth]

I'm PO'd too, but has nothing to do with RC. My main home PC decided to take a squat and leave a steaming pile, and although I have everything backed up, restoring everything back to the way it was is gonna be an X-treem PITA.

[slotcarrod]

If you can take anything away from this, it's the fact that Canadians are odd.

What???.... Hoser!